Okay, after posting about the 10 most annoying ESPN personalities in this morning's Daily Brew, you just knew it was coming...
10. Harold Reynolds - He's got good stories to tell, he knows what he's talking about, and he doesn't act is if he knows more than you because he played the game.
9. Shawn Salisbury - I like him when he's on the Dan Patrick show, and personally think he's good on NFL Live. He brings good comedic value, without trying to be funny.
9. Tom Jackson - Probably the best guy on the set of NFL Countdown and Prime Time. Jackson is a rarity in that he's one of those former athletes who is so good on TV that you often say "Wow, Tom Jackson played in the NFL?"
8. John Anderson - Much in the same mold as Michael Kim. Straight to the point, with some attempted catch phrases, plus he's from Wisconsin.
7. Reece Davis - Good fill in on the Dan Patrick show, he does a great job with highlights and he's very easy to listen to.
6. Chris Fowler - He is the glue that holds the College Football Gameday show together.
5. Trey Wingo - Another good Dan replacement on the Dan Patrick show. He does an awesome job on NFL Live.
4. Karl Ravich - Another solid baseball guy. Ravich and The Lama on Baseball tonight, it doesn't get any better. Speeking of the Lama...
3. Peter Gammons - Peter Gammons just doesn't suck. What else is there to say?
2. Scott Van Pelt - Van Peezy doing a Scream A. Smith impression, man it doesn't get any better than that. Booyah!
1. Dan Patrick - I realize I put him in the annoying category already, but Dan is one of those guys that can annoy you at times, but you appreciate him. He is undoubetlby the best anchor in the history of the network and he has a real smooth delivery.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Daily Brew 8/4
Let's start by wishing my dad a happy birthday today. (I won't disclose the age) Happy Birthday pops.
The Brewers completely shocked me (and Mr. Fabos) last night and pulled out a close win in the late innings, only, yeah you guessed it Victor Santos pulled another no-decision. Look I realize I'm hard on the guy, and a lot of the time it's maybe unwarranted, but it's just not working. Whenever he takes the hill it seems like they're going to lose, and if they do win he's not the pitcher of record (his record will atest to that). He pitched fairly well last night, but made the same mistakes, keeping the ball up in the zone. When you don't really have any pitches that move, and you're fast ball zings in their at 88, you especially can't get away with that.
Don't look now, but the Crew is only 2 games under .500, and only 6 1/2 games back in the wild card race. Speaking of wild card, how is Houston still leading that race? No Bagwell, Biggio is going on 57, Berkman was injured almost the entire first half, and they're getting contributions from a guy named Luke Scott. But on the flip side, Mike Lamb has been a solid utility guy this year, Morgan Ensberg is finally having his breakout season, Clemens' pact with the devil apparently hasn't expired yet, Andy Pettite is actually healthy, Berkman has been on a tear since his return, and Willy Taveras, remember that name, Willy has turned in a solid rookie season.
It turns out the 4 year $4 million deal offered to Zaza Pachulia by the Hawks is actually a 4 year $16 MILLION deal. Who reported this first figure, and how are you off by that much? This could make it difficult for the Bucks to resign Zaza, but the good news is it may open the door for the return of Tony Kukoc.
Can ESPN Radio just rename the Dan Patrick show to the 1:00 eastern time zone show? How many vacation days does this guy get. It pretty much ruins the next three hours of my work day when I hear Linda Cohen, Dana Jacobsen, or Screaming A. Smith. Which reminds me...
10 Most Annoying ESPN Personalities
10. Joe Morgan - He calls a horrible game during sunday night baseball, and for the love of god, STOP CALLING A SLIDER A SLIDE PIECE!
9. Steven A. Smith - I can tolerate him, but at times he's really annoying. Oh yeah, please stop yelling at me.
8. Dicky V - God love him, but he's annoying.
7. Joe Thiesman - Should change his name again to something like Workoff, you know "Thiesman rhymes with Heisman," wel Workoff rhymes with Jerko... you get the picture. Don't remind me that you played the game, I already know (I've seen you break your leg at least 80 times) and don't act like you could step right onto the field from the booth and out perform todays QB's.
6. Sal Palontonio - Something about this guy just really gets under my skin. Just like (again I'll go back to the OC) Ryan Atwood felt about Oliver, I don't feel right about this guy. Quite frankly he seems like a self-centerd punk. (Fabos, I'm sure you could atest?)
5. Bob Ryan - Crotchedy old guy who really annoys me. Could most guys relate to what he said about Jason Kidd's wife? Sure, but you don't say it Bob. Oh yeah and I hate how when he's on Around the Horn he pretty much automatically wins.
4. Dan Patrick - I don't care what you shot at Augusta (Filzen), while hanging out with Darius Rucker and all the other celeb friends you have that you name drop on your show everyday. Odly enough, I still like him though.
3. Skip Bayless - He carried vendeta's and if he doesn't like you he will sway his argument away from the truth to pieces of the truth that benefit his argument. Was he right all along with T.O., yeah, but don't remind me everyday.
2. Chris Berman - The Boomer, ohh silly boomer. Your whole "I make funny nicknames" mo is getting old. You can't call a game, or even home run derby, and you are the only person that can make an NFL highlight show unwatchable. (Honorable mention Sterling Sharpe) Please do us all a favor and quit. I realize you helped build ESPN, which is kind of my point exactly. Both you and the network are unwatchable now.
1. Stuart Scott - God I hate him. HATE. Cross-eyed bastard, go try and catch another ball from the juggs machine at Jets camp.
The Badgers have announced that they will wear thier 1960's uniforms when the unviel the final rennovations to Camp Randall on September 3 against Bowling Green. Bowling Green has announced that they will also wear their throw back uniforms. The Badgers are expected to have over 400 former Badgers on hand to show off the completion of the $109 million project.
In Badgers on field news, the coaching staff is thinking of ways to get Tyler Donovan on the field, and may do the same thing they did with Bollinger and Sorgi, and rotate QB's. For the love of god no. Let one guy win the job and play him. If you really like Donovan this much, or at least as much as you say you do, then just start him. Is Stocco really that much better than Donovan?
News that broke yesterday that I never touched on, Addidas has agreed to buy Reebok for $59 a share. This will combine the power Addidas has overseas on popularity it carries in sports like soccer, with Reebok's U.S. appeal of sponorships it carries with basketball. This could prove to be a major competitor for Nike, but I doubt it.
A press conference has been announced in Vegas regarding the NBA. Apparently the NBA will actually hold an All-Star game there. I have no problem with this. Baseball should do the same thing, more players would actually go to the All-Star game. Let's see, Seattle Washington or Vegas, Washington, Vegas. Sure, I'll go to Vegas for a few days.
The Brewers completely shocked me (and Mr. Fabos) last night and pulled out a close win in the late innings, only, yeah you guessed it Victor Santos pulled another no-decision. Look I realize I'm hard on the guy, and a lot of the time it's maybe unwarranted, but it's just not working. Whenever he takes the hill it seems like they're going to lose, and if they do win he's not the pitcher of record (his record will atest to that). He pitched fairly well last night, but made the same mistakes, keeping the ball up in the zone. When you don't really have any pitches that move, and you're fast ball zings in their at 88, you especially can't get away with that.
Don't look now, but the Crew is only 2 games under .500, and only 6 1/2 games back in the wild card race. Speaking of wild card, how is Houston still leading that race? No Bagwell, Biggio is going on 57, Berkman was injured almost the entire first half, and they're getting contributions from a guy named Luke Scott. But on the flip side, Mike Lamb has been a solid utility guy this year, Morgan Ensberg is finally having his breakout season, Clemens' pact with the devil apparently hasn't expired yet, Andy Pettite is actually healthy, Berkman has been on a tear since his return, and Willy Taveras, remember that name, Willy has turned in a solid rookie season.
It turns out the 4 year $4 million deal offered to Zaza Pachulia by the Hawks is actually a 4 year $16 MILLION deal. Who reported this first figure, and how are you off by that much? This could make it difficult for the Bucks to resign Zaza, but the good news is it may open the door for the return of Tony Kukoc.
Can ESPN Radio just rename the Dan Patrick show to the 1:00 eastern time zone show? How many vacation days does this guy get. It pretty much ruins the next three hours of my work day when I hear Linda Cohen, Dana Jacobsen, or Screaming A. Smith. Which reminds me...
10 Most Annoying ESPN Personalities
10. Joe Morgan - He calls a horrible game during sunday night baseball, and for the love of god, STOP CALLING A SLIDER A SLIDE PIECE!
9. Steven A. Smith - I can tolerate him, but at times he's really annoying. Oh yeah, please stop yelling at me.
8. Dicky V - God love him, but he's annoying.
7. Joe Thiesman - Should change his name again to something like Workoff, you know "Thiesman rhymes with Heisman," wel Workoff rhymes with Jerko... you get the picture. Don't remind me that you played the game, I already know (I've seen you break your leg at least 80 times) and don't act like you could step right onto the field from the booth and out perform todays QB's.
6. Sal Palontonio - Something about this guy just really gets under my skin. Just like (again I'll go back to the OC) Ryan Atwood felt about Oliver, I don't feel right about this guy. Quite frankly he seems like a self-centerd punk. (Fabos, I'm sure you could atest?)
5. Bob Ryan - Crotchedy old guy who really annoys me. Could most guys relate to what he said about Jason Kidd's wife? Sure, but you don't say it Bob. Oh yeah and I hate how when he's on Around the Horn he pretty much automatically wins.
4. Dan Patrick - I don't care what you shot at Augusta (Filzen), while hanging out with Darius Rucker and all the other celeb friends you have that you name drop on your show everyday. Odly enough, I still like him though.
3. Skip Bayless - He carried vendeta's and if he doesn't like you he will sway his argument away from the truth to pieces of the truth that benefit his argument. Was he right all along with T.O., yeah, but don't remind me everyday.
2. Chris Berman - The Boomer, ohh silly boomer. Your whole "I make funny nicknames" mo is getting old. You can't call a game, or even home run derby, and you are the only person that can make an NFL highlight show unwatchable. (Honorable mention Sterling Sharpe) Please do us all a favor and quit. I realize you helped build ESPN, which is kind of my point exactly. Both you and the network are unwatchable now.
1. Stuart Scott - God I hate him. HATE. Cross-eyed bastard, go try and catch another ball from the juggs machine at Jets camp.
The Badgers have announced that they will wear thier 1960's uniforms when the unviel the final rennovations to Camp Randall on September 3 against Bowling Green. Bowling Green has announced that they will also wear their throw back uniforms. The Badgers are expected to have over 400 former Badgers on hand to show off the completion of the $109 million project.
In Badgers on field news, the coaching staff is thinking of ways to get Tyler Donovan on the field, and may do the same thing they did with Bollinger and Sorgi, and rotate QB's. For the love of god no. Let one guy win the job and play him. If you really like Donovan this much, or at least as much as you say you do, then just start him. Is Stocco really that much better than Donovan?
News that broke yesterday that I never touched on, Addidas has agreed to buy Reebok for $59 a share. This will combine the power Addidas has overseas on popularity it carries in sports like soccer, with Reebok's U.S. appeal of sponorships it carries with basketball. This could prove to be a major competitor for Nike, but I doubt it.
A press conference has been announced in Vegas regarding the NBA. Apparently the NBA will actually hold an All-Star game there. I have no problem with this. Baseball should do the same thing, more players would actually go to the All-Star game. Let's see, Seattle Washington or Vegas, Washington, Vegas. Sure, I'll go to Vegas for a few days.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Daily Brew 8/3
What's the sign of a good team? Closing games out. So where would that leave a team that runs the opposing starter out of the game in the second inning, gets back-to-back homers twice, has a five run lead three innings in, which eventually becomes a four run, then a two run, then one, and then blows the lead in the ninth. Or what about that team that gets runners on first and second with no one out in the 10th, and finishes the inning with no runs in and runners stranded on first and second. We all know that team that drops the potential double play ball that would have bailed them out when a line drive isn't caught during a hit and run situation. Better yet, that team that WALKS in the winning run. Ah yes, we all know that team well. That team is last nights Brewers. I'm so disgusted with that game last night that I'm not even going to write anything else about it.
The Miami heat, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Hornets, Utah Jazz and Boston Celtics pulled off the largest trade in NBA history when they swapped 13 players. This deal was bigger than the 4 team 12 player deal that saw Patrick Ewing get shipped to Seattle. Here's a breakdown of what each team gets:
Miami: Antoine Walker, Jason "White Chocolate" Williams, James Posey, Andre Emmett and the draft rights to Roberto Duenas.
Memphis: Eddie Jones and Raul Lopez.
New Orleans: Rasual Butler and Kirk Snyder
Utah: Greg Ostertag
Boston: Curtis Borchardt, Qyntel Woods, Albert Miralles, two second round picks and cash.
Was Miami the only team looking to not dump salary and get better in this deal? Memphis gives up a headache in Jason Williams but they downgrade at the two guard position in swapping James Posey for Eddie Jones. I know the Celtics are trying to go totally young, but isn't Qyntel Woods the guy who was arranging pit bull fights, or something of that nature? Plus he's already spent time in Portland. Good luck there. On a side note, does Portland play the role the Chino does in the O.C.? "Oh man that's the guy from Chino who stole the car" can easily translate into "oh yeah, hes that guy from portland that assaulted his nanny."
It turns out that the steroid that Rafael Palmeiro tested positive for was identified as a "potent" steroid. New York University Professor Dr. Gary Wadler, an expert in sports doping, said it was "A mildly strong to strong steroid...Potent is the word I'd use." The steroid has been identified as Winstrol or Stanozobol and is the same drug used by sprinter Ben Johnson. Oh yeah, it's also a steroid that you can't purchase over the counter. Sure you didn't know you were taking it Rafy, I believe you. You just unkowningly ended up in Mexico one day, and then I'm sure you probably don't remember how this happend, but somehow you ended up buying this drug.
Not sure how many Hockey fans we have here, but my favorite team the St. Louis Blues dealt their team captain and former League MVP Chris Pronger to the Edmonton Oilers for defensmen Eric Brewer, Doug Lynch and Jeff Woywitka. Kind of a head scratcher, Pronger is one of the best defenders in the league and is still only 30, but Eric Brewer is a guy the Blues are very high on, he's 26 years old and a former 5th overall pick (by the Rangers I believe). This looks like a deal that allows the Blues to get younger, and add some talent that could blossom. I personally can't wait for the NHL to get back this fall. The rules changes are going to make it awesome to watch. If you don't like Hockey, it's probably because you've never taken the time to learn the rules or watch it. I was a moderate fan at best until I attended a playoff game in St Louis in 2001, and then I was sold.
Yes, I realize I've been talking up the A's the past few weeks and it may get annoying to some of you at times, but realize this, the A's have gone 33-7 in their last 40 games. 33-7. That's scary good, that's like late 90's Yankee dynasty good. A young team who was supposed to finish in third or fourth in thier division is making winning look that easy? Lets give credit where credit is due.
Okay, I know Deion Sanders loves him some him, and enjoys the spotlight, but allegedly lying about taking some type of steroid? That's just dumb. Why would you want that attention. If you don't know what I'm talking about, Deion told reporters that he took a drug for his injured ankle before returning to football last season and when he came back he tested positive for steroids. Because of this he was tested weekly. The Ravens claim he was tested weekly because he skipped a drug test and the NFL had "reasonable cause" to test a 37 year old man coming out of retirement, and no, he never tested positive for any steroid. Prime Time. (I wish I could somehow play a clip of "Must Be the Money")
Zaza Pachulia has recieved a four year $4 million offer from the Atlanta Hawks. Once he signs the deal the Bucks will have 7 days to match it or let him go. They are expected to release center Calvin Booth, which will give them luxary tax relief if they exceed the salary cap. If they are able to hold onto Pachulia they would have a solid rotation on the front line with Andrew Bogut, Joe Smith and Bobby Simmons all presumably starting and Dan Gadzuric, Zaza and Desmond Mason coming off the bench.
The Miami heat, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Hornets, Utah Jazz and Boston Celtics pulled off the largest trade in NBA history when they swapped 13 players. This deal was bigger than the 4 team 12 player deal that saw Patrick Ewing get shipped to Seattle. Here's a breakdown of what each team gets:
Miami: Antoine Walker, Jason "White Chocolate" Williams, James Posey, Andre Emmett and the draft rights to Roberto Duenas.
Memphis: Eddie Jones and Raul Lopez.
New Orleans: Rasual Butler and Kirk Snyder
Utah: Greg Ostertag
Boston: Curtis Borchardt, Qyntel Woods, Albert Miralles, two second round picks and cash.
Was Miami the only team looking to not dump salary and get better in this deal? Memphis gives up a headache in Jason Williams but they downgrade at the two guard position in swapping James Posey for Eddie Jones. I know the Celtics are trying to go totally young, but isn't Qyntel Woods the guy who was arranging pit bull fights, or something of that nature? Plus he's already spent time in Portland. Good luck there. On a side note, does Portland play the role the Chino does in the O.C.? "Oh man that's the guy from Chino who stole the car" can easily translate into "oh yeah, hes that guy from portland that assaulted his nanny."
It turns out that the steroid that Rafael Palmeiro tested positive for was identified as a "potent" steroid. New York University Professor Dr. Gary Wadler, an expert in sports doping, said it was "A mildly strong to strong steroid...Potent is the word I'd use." The steroid has been identified as Winstrol or Stanozobol and is the same drug used by sprinter Ben Johnson. Oh yeah, it's also a steroid that you can't purchase over the counter. Sure you didn't know you were taking it Rafy, I believe you. You just unkowningly ended up in Mexico one day, and then I'm sure you probably don't remember how this happend, but somehow you ended up buying this drug.
Not sure how many Hockey fans we have here, but my favorite team the St. Louis Blues dealt their team captain and former League MVP Chris Pronger to the Edmonton Oilers for defensmen Eric Brewer, Doug Lynch and Jeff Woywitka. Kind of a head scratcher, Pronger is one of the best defenders in the league and is still only 30, but Eric Brewer is a guy the Blues are very high on, he's 26 years old and a former 5th overall pick (by the Rangers I believe). This looks like a deal that allows the Blues to get younger, and add some talent that could blossom. I personally can't wait for the NHL to get back this fall. The rules changes are going to make it awesome to watch. If you don't like Hockey, it's probably because you've never taken the time to learn the rules or watch it. I was a moderate fan at best until I attended a playoff game in St Louis in 2001, and then I was sold.
Yes, I realize I've been talking up the A's the past few weeks and it may get annoying to some of you at times, but realize this, the A's have gone 33-7 in their last 40 games. 33-7. That's scary good, that's like late 90's Yankee dynasty good. A young team who was supposed to finish in third or fourth in thier division is making winning look that easy? Lets give credit where credit is due.
Okay, I know Deion Sanders loves him some him, and enjoys the spotlight, but allegedly lying about taking some type of steroid? That's just dumb. Why would you want that attention. If you don't know what I'm talking about, Deion told reporters that he took a drug for his injured ankle before returning to football last season and when he came back he tested positive for steroids. Because of this he was tested weekly. The Ravens claim he was tested weekly because he skipped a drug test and the NFL had "reasonable cause" to test a 37 year old man coming out of retirement, and no, he never tested positive for any steroid. Prime Time. (I wish I could somehow play a clip of "Must Be the Money")
Zaza Pachulia has recieved a four year $4 million offer from the Atlanta Hawks. Once he signs the deal the Bucks will have 7 days to match it or let him go. They are expected to release center Calvin Booth, which will give them luxary tax relief if they exceed the salary cap. If they are able to hold onto Pachulia they would have a solid rotation on the front line with Andrew Bogut, Joe Smith and Bobby Simmons all presumably starting and Dan Gadzuric, Zaza and Desmond Mason coming off the bench.
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